Download e-book for iPad: Advances in Theoretical Hydrology: A Tribute to James Dooge by J. P. O'Kane

By J. P. O'Kane

This Festschrift containing 16 invited essays and papers is a tribute to the prestigious Irish hydrologist James Dooge at the social gathering of his seventieth birthday. His former scholars, colleagues and associates in fourteen international locations, have supplied a diverse choice on his favorite issues: circulation in open channels and unsaturated soil, and likewise from his significant curiosity of contemporary years, huge scale hydrology and worldwide change.

The e-book has 3 sections. the 1st part on hydrological techniques comprises six papers. the second one part on huge scale hydrology has 4 papers. Six ancient, reflective and philosophical essays at the prior and way forward for the hydrological sciences shape the 3rd component of the book.

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